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New kitchen and they chose a recirculating cooker hood instead of extractor hood
Hi, just had a new kitchen fitted but they have given us a recirculating cooker hood and not an extractor hood. This means the smells and steam go back into the kitchen. They didn't even give me the choice. They have plastered the hole in the ceiling where the previous extractor went. Is there anything I can do about it now? Any advice is much appreciated.
3 Answers from MyBuilder Kitchen Fitters
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These fans are not great I have one fitted in the house we rent and afterwards had to get an ordinary fan cored out through the kitchen wall to take away any excess cooking smell and steam
Answered 4th Dec 2018
if It’s on an external wall then core a hole and fit a new extractor, or maybe your recirc can be vented also
Answered 4th Dec 2018
With regards to the smell, have you got carbon filters fitted? This would take away the smell in a recirculating extractor. The clean air is then let back into the room at the top of extractor.
These should have been supplied with the extractor.
If you were quoted for extractor to be fitted then it should say if it was vented out. Then you would be within your rights to get them to alter it if you wanted.
hope this helps
Answered 5th Dec 2018
